Ligand Pharmaceuticals Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Ligand Pharmaceuticals's competitors and similar companies include UCB and Genentech.

	Ligand Pharmaceuticals Ligand Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing or acquiring technologies that help pharmaceutical companies discover and develop medicines.	UCB UCB is a company that provides biopharmaceutical research and development solutions for neurological and immunological conditions.	Genentech Genentech is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1987	Founding Date 1928	Founding Date 1976
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary
Tags	Tags Healthcare biotech drug development pharma	Tags Healthcare biotech drug development pharma	Tags Healthcare biotech drug development oncology pharma
Locations	Locations Jupiter, US HQ Boston, US Lawrence, US San Diego, US	Locations Brussels, BE HQ Melbourne, AU Vienna, AT Braine L'alleud, BE Braine L'alleud, BE Leuven, BE São Paulo, BR see more	Locations South San Francisco, US HQ Hillsboro, US Oceanside, US Portland, US South San Francisco, US South San Francisco, US South San Francisco, US see more
Employees	Employees 5824% decrease	Employees 9,052	Employees 18,077
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 2.1 b	Valuation ($) 34.3 b	Valuation ($) N/A
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $268.1m (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) €7.4b (FY, 2025)	Revenue (est.) N/A
Net income	Net income $124.5m (FY, 2025)	Net income €1.6b (FY, 2025)	Net income N/A

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Brussels, BE

Employees

9,052

UCB is a company that provides biopharmaceutical research and development solutions for neurological and immunological conditions.

South San Francisco, US

Genentech is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines.

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